āAs we say in science, England couldnāt hit a cowās arse with a banjo.ā This is a sentence that few would ever have expected to have come from one of the UKās most eminent and famous scientists. But...
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For-profit firms eye tie-ups with regional institutions ādesperateā to boost international intake
The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years
UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised
Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress
Union warns of negative consequences of āradicalā budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate
New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BISā head of research funding, points to public support for science investment
Emulate US institutionsā efforts to āshape lifelong donorsā while they are still undergraduates, Case report says
UCS is finalising plans to become a fully fledged university
Matthew Reisz talks to Sunaina Maira, editor of The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent
Learn Chile project launched to attract students from abroad
Heritage Lottery Fund scheme to support trainee archivists on work and study programme. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments